![]() ![]() Katie’s husband Tim, who served as the Master of Ceremonies, proudly proclaimed “You have been inoculated, whether you know it or not,” before introducing the band who would give the screen-wearied generation a rarely afforded opportunity to participate in the present moment.Īt the end of his set, DeMarco opened up about his personal life. This demographic’s loyalty was apparent during his set, as I shared space up front with what seemed to be a throng of rising high school seniors. His set was a prime example of the Hideout Block Party’s wide appeal according to the family-friendly fest’s organizer Katie Tuten, a 16-year-old had recommended DeMarco be included and then it was so. “Another One” documents relationship regrets and bittersweet memories - a revelatory beginning, a jealous breakup and acceptance in the end - and the effect is a feeling that you’re sitting DeMarco’s beach house having a chat.Last summer, I was lucky enough to catch Mac DeMarco live at the Hideout Block Party/A.V. ![]() And with less studio fuss than there was on “Salad Days,” it all sounds easy and intimate, and fittingly so. “Just to Put Me Down” is hypnotically repetitive, shifting but never really evolving, and “No Other Heart” has the sway of ‘60s pop with a touch of ‘70s haze. ![]() “The Way You’d Love Her” is tipsy and dizzying thanks to heavy use of slide and something slightly off balance in the pacing. The drumming is nothing more than a light rain and guitar lines amble along or else loosely unwind, and when DeMarco decides to use the slide, he really lays it on, to the point where the whole album sounds warped. It’s sunny but a little sea sick.ĭeMarco wrote more on the keys this time, and played them more too, cushioning his melodies with beds synthesizers. As a result, “Another One” reflects what DeMarco described to NPR as “beautiful” but also “disgusting.” “Another One” is beachy in a blissed-out and breezy Mac DeMarco way, but not in the California way. He wrote the album’s eight songs in one week and recorded them in a week and a half in a house on the bay in Far Rockaway, Queens - a thin peninsula beach town that’s about as remote as New York City gets. Now you’re in the world of “Another One.”įor his follow-up to “Salad Days,” Mac DeMarco pulled on the reigns of production to make an album that’s simple, quiet and completely lovely. Picture yourself sitting on a beach: The sun is out, the breeze is light and the waves gently lap at the shore, bringing in a dead fish and the iridescent shine of gasoline. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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